"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.